The U.S. government has
used favorable legislation for selected industries and for war funding ostensibly
for the benefit American people.The
risks incurred have fallen squarely on the public purse and the U.S. economy
when the advantages of socializing risk disappear in the desert like a
mirage.In the case of war socializing the cost has
been normal, but question is should it be born equally by rich and poor alike,
and just as importantly ought leaders have impunity when they have misled the
country so grievously.We live in an age
where socializing risk for private gain has been a major tenet of the
legislative and executive branches of government.

The following are ten
examples of socializing risk with impunity in war and peace.

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1.Executive Branch faulty judgment on intelligence
leading to preemptive war that contradicts the overall intelligence on Iraq making
it less safe for all Americans.

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2.Statements by Bush administration officials that the
reconstruction of Iraq would be paid for by Iraqi oil revenues were totally
false, instead the bill is on the national debt.

3.Executive
Branch faulty judgment on invading Iraq and Afghanistan cost public trillions
of dollars of additional debt for war on the premise that "we need to fight
them there before we fight them here" are totally bogus as the domestic terror
attempts continue unabated.

Henry Pelifian has written many columns and articles on government and current events. He has published a play THOREAU based on the life, works and words of Henry David Thoreau, a war novella and short stories based on his years overseas called (more...)